Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected or excavated by William W. Adams (1841-1922, of Scipioville and Springport, New York) at an unknown date; acquired by Isabel Howland (1859-1942, of Union Springs, New York) at an unknown date; donated to MAI by Isabel Howland in 1919 during the Samuel Riker, Jr. New York State Expedition, led by Alanson Skinner and sponsored by MAI and MAI trustee Samuel Riker, Jr. (1868-1936).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Cayuga (archaeological) (attributed)
- Collector
- William W. Adams (W. W. Adams), Non-Indian, 1841-1922
- Previous owner
- Isabel Howland (Isabelle Howland), Non-Indian, 1859-1942
- Donor
- Isabel Howland (Isabelle Howland), Non-Indian, 1859-1942
- Expedition
- Samuel Riker, Jr. New York State Expedition (1919)
- Expedition leader
- Alanson B. Skinner (A. B. Skinner/Alanson Buck Skinner), Non-Indian, 1886-1925
- Presenter/funding source
- Samuel Riker, Jr., Non-Indian, 1868-1936
- Date created
- AD 1600–1700
- Object Name
- Hair comb (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Animal Bone
- Techniques
- Carved
- Object Type
- Personal items
